Teacher: Miyo TubridySubject_English.jpg
Email: miyotrcs@gmail.com
Class: 8th English Language Arts

Homework Policy:
1. Homework is worth 20% of ELA grade
2. Late homework will NOT be accepted for any reason other than an absence. If students are absent, it is their responsibility to find out what they missed by checking the homework wiki, calling classmates, or asking the teacher. Students who have been absent may turn in homework one day after their return to school.

Independent Reading & Log:
1. Independent Reading & Log is worth 20% of ELA grade
2. Students will be expected to read for 30 minutes at least 5 nights per week. Students will submit a weekly Reading Log recording the title and author of the book and the number of pages read each night. There will be a variety of culminating assignments for the completion of each independent reading book.

Upcoming DUE Dates for WWII Book Group Project:
*Individual Text DUE Mon 6/11/12
Group Illustrated Guides Presentations Thurs 6/14/12


Last Reading Response was DUE Mon May 14, 2012
HW#
DUE Date
Details
Resources

Fri 6/8/12
Revise and edit draft of individual text for WWII Book Group Final Project. Come prepared to type your final draft which will be due on Mon 6/11!


Mon 5/21/12
1) Read assigned reading for book group
2) Come prepared for your group to present briefly to the whole class about the important characters and settings in the book


Fri 5/18/12
1) Read assigned reading for book group
2) Setting handout with illustration DUE at the end of the period


Thurs 5/17/12
1) Read assigned reading for book group
2) Character Traits handout
3) 1 paragraph - What makes the main characters unique? Describe and analyze your character using evidence you collected in the character traits handout


Mon 4/16/12
1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log on looseleaf DUE
2) Reading Response DUE (1 page minimum)
3) Complete at least 6 lessons on I-Ready online - make sure you have your username and password!


Mon 4/2/12
1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log on looseleaf DUE
2) Reading Response DUE (1 page minimum)


Wed 3/28/12
1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log on looseleaf
2) Finish Outline for "The Dare" Essay - you will write it in class on loose leaf!
*Bring IRB & Ready ELA Prep book every day!


Fri 3/23/12
1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log on looseleaf DUE
2) Bring 2 #2 pencils for Practice ELA Reading Multiple Choice test - will be for a grade in ELA class
*Bring IRB & Ready ELA Prep book every day!


Thurs 3/22/12
1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log on looseleaf
2) Finish Ready Lesson 5: Author's Purpose
*Bring IRB & Ready ELA Prep book every day!


Wed 3/21/12
1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log on looseleaf
2) Finish Ready Lesson 5: Author's Purpose
*Bring IRB & Ready ELA Prep book every day!


Tues 3/20/12
1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log on looseleaf
*Bring IRB & Ready ELA Prep book every day!


Mon 3/19/12
1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log on looseleaf - I will collect this log NEXT Monday :)
2) Finish Short Responses for the Jena Six articles


Fri 3/16/12
1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log on looseleaf
2) Complete Q's & Short Response from Friday's Main Idea & Details articles packet ("Kids Have Rights Too!")
3) Finish Reading "Scout's Honor" and answer 3 Q's on looseleaf: 1. What word best describes Prempeh 2. How do the personalities of DC Harrison and Ms. Flynn differ? 3. Prempeh admires Lord Baden-Powell, but why might others view him negatively?


Thurs 3/15/12
1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log on looseleaf
2) Reading Response DUE
*Bring IRB & Ready ELA Prep book every day!


Wed 3/14/12
1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log on looseleaf DUE
2) Complete Q's & Short Response from Friday's Main Idea & Details articles packet ("Kids Have Rights Too!")


Tues 3/13/12
1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log on looseleaf
2) Bring two #2 pencils for ELA Reading Comprehension Multiple Choice Practice Test


Mon 3/12/12
1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log on looseleaf
*Bring IRB & Ready ELA Prep book every day!


Fri 3/9/12
1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log on looseleaf
2) Complete Ready Lesson: Main Idea & Details


Thurs 3/8/12
1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log on looseleaf
2) Complete Post-Reading Q's Handout for "School Slave" - 801 students on Theater Trip Wed can make up the HW to hand in Fri
*Bring IRB & Ready ELA Prep book every day!


Wed 3/7/12
1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log on looseleaf
2) Finish Ready Prep - Lesson 7: Setting, Plot and Theme pgs. 57-64
*Bring IRB & Ready ELA Prep book every day!


Tues 3/6/12
1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log on looseleaf
2) Finish Ready Prep - Lesson 8: Character pgs. 65-74
*Bring IRB & Ready ELA Prep book every day!


Mon 3/5/12
1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log on looseleaf DUE
*Bring IRB & Ready ELA Prep book every day!


Wed 2/29/12
*Finish Ready Lesson 1 - "Into the Wild"
1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log on looseleaf
2) Study Poetry Term Flashcards for text on Friday 3/2/12
3) Reading Response DUE Thurs 3/1
4) Bring back Growing up Hip Hop to check back in
*Bring IRB & Ready ELA Prep book every day!


Tues 2/28/12
1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log on looseleaf
2) Study Poetry Term Flashcards for text on Friday 3/2/12
3) Reading Response DUE Thurs 3/1
4) Bring back Growing up Hip Hop to check back in
*Bring IRB & Ready ELA Prep book every day!


Mon 2/27/12
1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log DUE on looseleaf
2) Poetry Term Flashcards
Poetry Terms Flashcards - on notecards DUE Mon 2/27/12 – Write the term on one side of the notecard and on the other side write the definition and an example
  • Theme
  • Tone
  • Mood
  • Imagery
  • Figurative Language
  • Metaphor
  • Simile
  • Personification
  • Hyperbole
  • Repetition
  • Alliteration
  • Sensory Details
  • Rhyme


Thurs 2/16/12
1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log
2) Get Progress Report Signed
3) Poetry Final Project DUE includes:
  • Chapbook with typed Intro & Top 3 Poems
  • All Drafts, Revisions and Revision Reflections for Top 3 Poems
  • Separate extra copy of best poem for class anthology with your name on it
  • Rubric


Mon 2/13/12
1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log DUE on looseleaf
2) Top 3 Poem #3 New Revision and Revision Reflection Sheet
3) Prepare best poem to perform in In-Class Slam!


Fri 2/10/12
1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log
2) Top 3 Poem #2 New Revision and Revision Reflection Sheet


Thurs 2/9/12
1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log on loose-leaf
2) Top 3 Poem #1 New Revision based on Peer Review and Revision Reflection Sheet


Mon 2/6/12
1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log DUE on loose-leaf
2) Personification Poem Draft 1, Draft 2 and Revision Reflection Sheet


Thurs 2/2/12
1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log
2) Socio-political Narrative Poem: Finish Draft 1 and Revised Draft 2 with Revision Reflection Sheet


Wed 2/1/12
1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log
2) Reading Response DUE
3) Complete Socio-political Narrative Poem Handout & be ready to draft a poem in class


Mon 1/30/12
1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log DUE (on loose-leaf if you don't have a handout)
2) Revise "Speaking your Truth" free-write into a poem - clean copy
3) Get your Report Card Signed


Thurs 1/26/12
1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log
2) Finish Revision - Clean Copy - and Revision Reflection Sheet
3) Get MP2 Final ELA Grade Signed


Wed 1/18/12
1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log - Reading Log will be collected next Mon 1/23/12
2) Revise today's free-write - "The World I See" - make sure your poem has at least 2 stanzas, with 4 lines each, and some rhyming



MARKING PERIOD 3


Fri 1/13/12
1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log
2) Finish chart on handout, creating metaphors and similes for life. We'll write the poem in class tomorrow.


Wed 1/11/12
(No Class Mon & Tues
cause of Math Exam)
1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log DUE (you may use Growing Up Hip Hop as your IRB)
2) Do Free-write from prompt if you didn’t get to in class - Write one line describing a constant in your everyday life that you wish you could change (ex. "Nobody understands me"). Use this line as a repeating line in your free-write
3) Expand one of your answers to Guided Questions 3-6 on Friday's handout into a well-developed paragraph.


Fri 12/23/11
1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log
2) Final Draft DUE - Typed (12 pt font, double-spaced) and printed before class! Attach Rubric, Peer Review Handouts and First Drafts.


Thurs 12/22/11
1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log
2) Make Revisions to Final Project based on Peer Review - Come ready to type/edit on laptops tomorrow!


Wed 12/21/11
1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log
2) Final Project Step 5 - Reformulated Scene
3) Draft 1 of Steps 1-5 Ready for Peer Review


Tues 12/20/11
1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log
2) Final Project Step 3 & 4 Paragraphs


Mon 12/19/11
1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log DUE
2) Final Project Step 2 Paragraph


Fri 12/16/11
1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log
2) Final Project Step 1 Paragraph


Tues 12/13/11
1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log
2) For those who have not yet completed - Revise Analysis Paragraph - New Draft DUE stapled on top of old draft. This is for a Writing Project Grade!


Mon 12/12/11
1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log DUE
2) Revise Analysis Paragraph. New Draft DUE stapled on top of old draft.


Fri 12/9/11
1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log
2) Get Progress Report Signed!!
3) 1 page writing assignment:
Option 1: Write a letter from Junior in the future to himself at the end of the novel. What has he experienced since the end of the novel? What has he learned? How does he look back on that year of his life? What advice does he have to give to his younger self?
Option 2: Answer one of the questions generated for the class discussion:
801 -
Why does Junior laugh at weird moments?
Why did Penelope actually decide to go out with Junior?
Why does Junior cry a lot?
Why does Rowdy forgive Junior so easily at the end of the book?
Did Rowdy hate Junior? Why did Rowdy keep the drawing Junior made for him?
802 -

Did Penelope ever like Junior?

Why did the grandma and Eugene and his sister die in a similar time period?

Did Rowdy & Junior make up?
Option 3: Do both Options 1 & 2 and get extra credit


Thurs 12/8/11
1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log
2) Finish reading Alexie novel - ends on pg. 213


Wed 12/7/11
1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log
2) Read up to pg. 198 in Alexie novel


Tues 12/6/11
1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log DUE
2) Read up to pg. 178 in Alexie novel
*Miyo will collect Reading Log & Character Analysis Paragraph HW's originally due Mon on Tues!


Mon 12/5/11
1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log DUE
2) Read up to pg. 149 in Alexie novel
3) Finish Character Analysis paragraph


Wed 11/30/11
1) Daily HW: 30 min Ind. Reading & Log - can be Alexie novel OR IRB
2) Reading Response - can be on Alexie novel OR IRB
3) Read up to pg. 66 in Alexie novel
4) Get Sticky Notes!


Tues 11/29/11
1) Daily HW: 30 min Ind. Reading & Log
2) Get Sticky Notes!


Mon 11/28/11
1) Daily HW: 30 min Ind. Reading & Log DUE
2) Get Sticky Notes!


Wed 11/23/11
1) Daily HW: 30 min Ind. Reading & Log


Tues 11/22/11
1) Daily HW: 30 min Ind. Reading & Log


Mon 11/21/11
1) Daily HW: 30 min Ind. Reading & Log DUE
2) Answer Q's from "Stereotyping" on loose-leaf under your Aim


Thurs 11/17/11
1) Daily HW: 30 min Ind. Reading & Log
2) Finish writing poem using ideas brainstormed on graphic organizer


Wed 11/16/11
1) Daily HW: 30 min Ind. Reading & Log
2) Complete 2 Vocab Word Studies or all 4 for extra credit
3) Get ELA MP1 Grade Signed OR Bring Signed to P/T Conferences


Tues 11/15/11
1) Daily HW: 30 min Independent Reading and Log
2) Reading Response DUE


Mon 11/7/11
1) Daily HW: 30 min Independent Reading and Log - LOG DUE
2) Finish draft of vocabulary word news article



Wed 11/2/11
1) Daily HW: 30 min Independent Reading and Log
2) Final Draft Personal Essay Due. Staple on top with previous draft and rubric attached behind


Mon 10/31/11
1) Daily HW: 30 min Independent Reading and Log - LOG DUE
2) Reading Response DUE


Mon 10/24/11
1) Daily HW: 30 min Independent Reading and Log - LOG DUE
2) Add Revisions to your draft based on Peer or Teacher Conferences. Make sure you have a paragraph explaining your theme/message


Fri 10/21/11
1) Daily HW: 30 min Independent Reading and Log
2) Write a new draft of your personal essay including thoughts, feelings, and reflection on the moment of challenge or change. Make sure your theme/message is clear.


Thu 10/20/11
Daily HW: 30 min Independent Reading and Log


Wed 10/19/11
1) Daily HW: 30 min Independent Reading and Log
2) Revise your personal essay draft to include a zoomed in moment using sensory details from Friday's brainstorm chart and descriptive words from today's brainstorm chart.
3) Bring $ for Book Fair - We will attend on Thurs or Fri!


Tues 10/18/11
Daily HW: 30 min Independent Reading and Log


Mon 10/17/11
1) Reading Response DUE (see assignment under 10/12/11 Resources)
2) Daily HW: 30 min Independent Reading and Log - LOG DUE


Fri 10/14/11
1)Daily HW: 30 min Independent Reading and Log
2) Make sure you found a moment to zoom in on in your personal essay


Thurs 10/13/11
1)Daily HW: 30 min Independent Reading and Log
2) Bring IRB for Independent Reading
3) Make sure you found a moment to zoom in on in your personal essay


Wed 10/12/11
*READING RESPONSE WILL BE DUE MON 10/17/11
1)Daily HW: 30 min Independent Reading and Log
2)Get PROGRESS REPORT Signed



Tues 10/11/11
1)Daily HW: 30 min Independent Reading and Log - READING LOG DUE
2)Complete handout for writing after the Shared Inquiry Discussion on "A Gathering of Heroes"
3)ELA Progress Reports will go out on Tues 10/11


Fri 10/7/11
1)Daily HW: 30 min Independent Reading and Log
2) Finish Vocab classwork assignment for "A Gathering of Heroes"


Thurs 10/6/11
1)Daily HW: 30 min Independent Reading and Log
2) Finish Revising your draft on a new piece of loose-leaf. You should be able to see where you made changes in your writing.


Wed 10/5/11
1) Daily HW: 30 min Independent Reading and Log
2)( ½ page min) What is your response to “A Gathering of Heroes”? What questions do you have about it?


Tues 10/4/11
1) Daily HW: 30 min Independent Reading and Log


Mon 10/3/11
1) (1 page minimum) Take a "snapshot" in your mind of a moment of challenge or change - Describe that snapshot.
2) Completed Reading Log DUE MON & Bring IRB for Reading Workshop


Tues 9/28/11
Daily HW: 30 min Independent Reading and Log

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Mon 9/26/11
1) (1 page minimum) Write about a relationship with an individual who has influenced or changed you OR write about anything on your writing territories.
2) Completed Reading Log DUE MON & Bring IRB for Reading Workshop

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Fri 9/23/11
1) Daily HW: 30 min Independent Reading and Log
2) 1 page minimum - Write about one of your Writing Territories


Thurs 9/22/11
Daily HW: 30 min Independent Reading and Log


Wed 9/21/11
1) Bring #2 Pencil for ACT Explore Diagnostic Practice Test during periods 1 & 2. Bring IRB to read if you finish early.
2) Daily HW: 30 min Independent Reading and Log


Tues 9/20/11
Daily HW: 30 min Independent Reading and Log

2
Mon
9/19/11
1) Bring in Independent Reading Book (IRB)
2) Complete Profile Handout - Remember you should do a brainstorm and rough draft on loose-leaf. The writing on the handout should be a revised/edited draft.

1
Thurs
9/15/11
1) Review Syllabus with parents and fill out Parent Contact Info Sheet
2) DUE Mon 9/19/11 - Bring in an Independent Reading Book (IRB)